Historical Events In January - 28

1813  On January - 28 jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41  

1814  Stendahl's 1st book is published on this day in history.  

1815  Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 on January - 28.  

1817  Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1818  On this day in history george Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905  

1819  On January - 28 sir Stamford Raffles first lands in Singapore much later a famous Hotel bears his name  

1819  On this day in history sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore  

1820  Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast on January - 28.  

1821  On this day in history bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica  

1822  Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78) on this day in history.  

1824  On this day in history william Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)  

1825  On this day in history george Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875  

1828  On this day in history michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor  

1829  On this day in history william Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh  

1830  The opera "Fra Diavolo" is produced (Paris) on January - 28.  

1830  Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1831  On January - 28 henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

1832  Franz Wullner, composer on this day in history.  

1833  Charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum) on January - 28.  

1838  On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]  

1841  On January - 28 the birth of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone  

1841  On January - 28 henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa)  

1846  Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India) on January - 28.  

1848  On January - 28 king of Naples grants his subjects a constitution  

1851  On this day in history northwestern University (Chicago) chartered  

1853  Jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician on January - 28.  

1855  The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway on this day in history.  

1855  William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine) on this day in history.  

1858  On January - 28 john Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry  

1860  On this day in history britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua  

1864  On this day in history battle of New Bern, NC  

1864  On January - 28 herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer  

1865  On this day in history president Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners  

1865  Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners on this day in history.  

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.  

1312  On January - 28 birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)  

1457  On January - 28 birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)  

1540  On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)  

1578  On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)  

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.  

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on January - 28.  

1608  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer  

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on January - 28.  

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.  

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on January - 28.  

1256  Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 on January - 28.  

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on January - 28.  

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on this day in history.  

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.  

1528  On January - 28 philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies